Coimbatore: Elgi Equipments won the Deming prize in Japan, a prestigious award in the field of quality management. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, ELGi Equipments received the coveted medal from Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman Deming Prize Committee at the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on November 6.
Coimbatore: Elgi Equipments won the Deming prize in Japan, a prestigious award in the field of quality management. Jairam Varadaraj, Managing Director, ELGi Equipments received the coveted medal from Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman Deming Prize Committee at the award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on November 6.
To talk about ELGi's journey toward achieving this milestone, Jairam Varadaraj addressed the media at a private hotel today. "ElGi is now the first globally-established industrial air compressor manufacturer to be awarded the Deming Prize for excellence in Total Quality Management, in over 60 years," said Jairam.
Talking about ELGi's journey to achieve total quality management which began in 2008, the MD stated that the company aims to become No.2 in the world, in the air compressor market and the mission is called C- K2.
Jairam Varadaraj dedicated the award to all the employees at ELGi saying, "On paper, the path to success is pretty straightforward. But we are realizing it requires a secret sauce - an envelope that rigorously enables, executes and continuously improves the organization through a process orientation. TQM has been our secret sauce. We have a long way to go but TQM has helped us become a better company for all of our stakeholders. I would like to dedicate this award to our employees, who are the key stakeholders in our company," said Jairam Varadarj.
ELGi’s TQM journey began in 2008 and gained momentum starting 2014. ELGi’s TQM system - EBS (ELGi Business System) implemented as a means to achieve ELGi’s goal of becoming the world’s second largest air compressor manufacturer by 2027, comprises of diverse improvement activities and human resource development initiatives.
ELGi built out a robust employee training system investing 400 hours of training per person for every shop floor employee, employing both in-house and external classroom quality education and the establishment of an in-house vocational training school. ELGi’s TQM focus also extended to the standardization of all sales activities (the GTM go-to-market process) for sales expansion as well as the creation and promotion of various mechanisms using ICT.
ELGi, is a pioneer in cutting-edge compressed air technology offering a complete range of compressed air solutions.